The health, physical education and recreation department is housed in Founders Hall and Burky Addition. This complex contains two playing floors, seating capacity of 2,000 and storage and office space for department faculty. In addition to courses designed for its majors, the department offers teacher licensure in physical education and health and a wellness concentration emphasizing personal and community wellness plus majors in sport management and recreation management. The department also offers a wide variety of skill courses, a strong intramural program in men’s, women’s and co-ed sports and intercollegiate athletics to help students develop a better understanding and appreciation for movement and to foster a desire for life-long physical activity.

Wellness concentration (32 hours)Persons interested in the wellness concentration can major in health, physical education and recreation or food and nutrition. In addition to course work, the student will have the opportunity to gain valuable professional training through an internship experience.

NOTE: Students seeking a Multi-Age: Physical Education license are strongly urged to seek a Multi-age: Health AND a Multi-age: PE license.

Multi-age License: Health (31 hours + 10 LAS hours)The multi-age provisional teacher license is valid for teaching learners from ages 3 through 21 and pre-k through 12 in the curriculum areas named in the license. Preparation in the teaching field shall constitute at least an academic major or its equivalent with sufficient advanced course-work in all areas to be taught as specified by the Ohio Department of Education. The multi-age license for health requires these courses:

NOTE: Students seeking a multi-age: health license are strongly urged to seek a multi-age: health AND a multi-age: PE license.

Multi-age License: Health and Physical Education (47 hours + 10 LAS hours)The multi-age provisional teacher license is valid for teaching learners from ages 3 through 21 and pre-k through 12 in the curriculum areas named in the license. Preparation in the teaching field shall constitute at least an academic major or its equivalent with sufficient advanced coursework in all areas to be taught as specified by the Ohio Department of Education. The multi-age license for health and physical education requires these courses:

Sport Management(45 hours) The expansion of public interest and participation in sport and physical fitness has created a need for qualified leadership in these areas. Graduates will be prepared for careers as athletic administrators, in YMCA/YWCA work, in sporting goods companies, as sports information personnel and in other related areas.

Practical experience in an area of interest is provided the student so insight into their chosen career may occur prior to graduation. The sites for these experiences are selected in cooperation with the students' advisers.

Students majoring in sport management are required to take 27 hours in core courses and 3 hours of internship (9 hours may be taken). Twelve hours of classes are taken from either a sport communication core or from a sport organization core.

Recreation Management (42 hours) Career options include work in such areas as church recreation, parks, playgrounds, recreation in business and industry, hospitals, health care centers, camps, resorts, hotels, cruise ships, youth organizations, zoos and environmental centers. The program meets the standards of the National Recreation Parks Association.

Students majoring in recreation management are expected to complete 42 hours of credit including six hours of internship. Internships will consist of on-site experience with agencies that deliver leisure services. These may include public recreation park agencies, voluntary or social agencies, correctional institutions, industries, therapeutic recreation programs serving persons with disabilities, camps and college unions.

Wellness (21 hours) Persons other than food and nutrition and health, physical education and recreation majors (who have a concentration in the area), may be interested in a minor in wellness. The minor consists of 21 hours of course work including the following:

In addition, a minimum of five additional hours are to be chosen from courses within the wellness concentration. A person minoring in wellness must graduate with current first aid and CPR certification.

Physical Education(20 hours) Persons other than health, physical education and recreation majors may be interested in a minor in physical education.

Recreation Management (18 hours) The Recreation Management minor enables students to develop recreation skills and interests through a variety of avenues to better understand the importance of leisure in our society and includes the following recreation courses: